Quatre-Vingt-Treize (Classiques Francais)
by Victor Hugo
published
January 1997
by Bookking International - Classiques Francais
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binding
Paperback, 382 pages
isbn
2877141314
(isbn13: 9782877141314)
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Dans la production littéraire prodigieuse de Victor Hugo, Quatre-vingt-treize est la dernière œuvre de l'exil, une vaste fresque histori...more
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Read in July, 2008
recommends it for:
all non-French people
An incredibly realistic Painting of the French Revolution.
Some might say "it's not realistic, it's pure fantasy, it's much too lyric an passionate, and much too orientated in favor of the revolutionnaries" - indeed, it's only a novel, BUT it's realistic because it shows every aspects of this revolution, and that's precisely because it's lyric that you can understand it. A revolution cannot be described by facts, but by presenting the storm, the hates, the men, in one word : by sho...more
Some might say "it's not realistic, it's pure fantasy, it's much too lyric an passionate, and much too orientated in favor of the revolutionnaries" - indeed, it's only a novel, BUT it's realistic because it shows every aspects of this revolution, and that's precisely because it's lyric that you can understand it. A revolution cannot be described by facts, but by presenting the storm, the hates, the men, in one word : by sho...more
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Read in August, 2007
Ninety-Three by Victor Hugo is a glorious romantic imagining of an episode from the year 1793, during the French Revolution and the year of the Great Terror. The setting is Brittany where counter-revolutionary forces have risen up to oppose the Revolutionary leaders. The leader of this group, the aged Marquise de Lantenac, is a romantic hero in the grandest sense. His fate is seems to be determined, however the Revolutionary forces are led by his grand-nephew, Gauvain, who at the last provides t...more
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It's not especially easy to find a decent English-language edition of this novel. The first copy that I bought is rife with typos, including one right on the spine! In spite of this, I thoroughly enjoyed this great if neglected novel by one of the genre's true Old Masters (even if he is revered more as a poet in his own country). The characters are memorable, the amount of historical detail is almost beyond belief, and the dialogue crackles when personalities and ideas clash. Snobs may remar...more
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Read in January, 2003
Que dire de ce livre? Pour résumer, ce roman a été écrit par Victor Hugo.
On y retrouve de grandes idées hugoliennes: le rôle de la Révolution française, la morale et la politique vues au XIXème siécle.
Cet écrivain, et ses oeuvres, ont traversé les époques grâce à son sens de la description des personnages, des lieux et d'un penchant inégalé pour le romantisme engagé.
On y retrouve de grandes idées hugoliennes: le rôle de la Révolution française, la morale et la politique vues au XIXème siécle.
Cet écrivain, et ses oeuvres, ont traversé les époques grâce à son sens de la description des personnages, des lieux et d'un penchant inégalé pour le romantisme engagé.
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Read in September, 2000
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what it means to be a hero. Heroism is doing something that you know is right even if it means certain death
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